demonstration

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as in rally
a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person disgruntled students organized a demonstration to protest the change in university policy

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as in display
an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect staged a grand demonstration of her love for her husband with a candlelight-and-champagne Valentine's Day dinner

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“Demonstration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstration. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.

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